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Publishers to the World's Columbian Exposition. 

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Entered according to Act of Congress in the year A. D. 1893, in the office of Librarian of Congress 

at Washington, D. C, by 

THE WORLD'S Columbian Exposition, 

For the exclusive use of W. B. Conkey Company, Chicago. 



W, B. CONKEY COMPANY, 

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Agricultural Building: 

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Art Palace: 2,3,4,-5,6 

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Electricity Building: " 

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Fish and Fisheries Building: ' 

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Forestry Building: o, 14, i.> 

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The style of architecture is classic renaissance. The building is situated near the 
shore of Lake Michigan, and is almost surrounded by the lagoons that lead into the Park 
from the lake. The building is 500x800 feet, its longest dimensions being east and west. For 
a single story building the design is bold and heroic. The general cornice line is 65 feet 
above grade. On either side of the main entrance are mammoth Corinthian pillars, 60 feet 
high and 5 feet in diameter. On each corner and from the center of the building pavilions 
are reared, the center one being 144 feet square. The corner pavilions are connected by 
curtains, forming a continuous arcade around the top of the building. The main entrance 
leads through an opening 64 feet wide into a vestibule, from which entrance is had to the 
rotunda, 100 feet in diameter. This is surmounted by a mammoth glass dome 130 feet 
high. All through the main vestibule statuary has been designed, illustrative of the agri- 
cultural industry. Similar designs are grouped about all of the grand entrances in the 
most elaborate manner. The corner pavilions are surmounted by domes 96 feet high, and 
above these tower groups of statuary. Architects, McKim, Mead & White, of New York. 

Agriculture, and its kindred interests of forestry, dairy and live stock, has exhibition 
space.under roof, of 69 acres, the buildings costing $1,218,000. To the southward of the 
Agricultural Building is a spacious structure devoted chiefly to a live stock and agricult- 
ural assembly hall. This building is conveniently near one of the stations of the elevated 
railway. On the first floor, near the main entrance of the building, is located a bureau of 
information. This floor also contains suitable committee and other rooms for the different 
live stock associations. Broad stairways lead from the first floor into the assembly room, 
which has a seating capacity of about 1,500. Forty acres are covered by the buildings for 
the stock exhibit. The pavilion is a great oblong building, having a show nng for animals 
and an amphitheatre for spectators. The pavilion is 280x440 feet in size. The stock sheds 
are built after the style of the Spanish or Mexican hacienda. The totalcost of the build- 
ings for live-stock is $335,000. 

The Dairy Building is regarded by agriculturists as one of the most useful and at- 
tractive features of the whole Exposition. It was designed to contain not only a complete 
exhibit of dairy products but also a dairy school, in connection with which will be con- 
ducted a series of tests for determining the relative merits of different breeds of dairy 
cattle as milk and butter producers. The building stands near the lake shore in the south- 
eastern part of the Park, and close by the general live stock exhibit. It covers approxi- 
mately half an acre, measunng 95x200 feet, is two stories high and cost $30,000. In design 
it is of quiet exterior. On the first floor, besides office headquarters, there is in front a 
large open space devoted to exhibits of butter, and farther back an operating room 25x100 
feet, in which the model dairy will be conducted. On two sides of this room are amphi- 
theatre seats capable of accommodating 400 spectators. Under these seats are re- 
frigerators and cold storage rooms for the care of the dairy products. The operating 
room, which extends to the roof, has on three sides a gallery where the cheese exhibits are 

f)laced. The rest of the second story is devoted to a cafe, which opens on a balcony over- 
ooking the lake. In the dairy barn are luxuriously stabled the fancy cows participating 
in the milk, butter and cheese tests conducted during the Exposition. 

KEY TO INSTALLATION. 

For the purpose of installation of exhibits the building is divided, on the first floor, 
into five sections, "A" being in the northeast, "B" the northwest, "C"the southeast, 
" D " the southwest, and " E " in the west section. On the second or gallery floor are " F " 
in the northeast, " G " in the northwest, " H " in the southeast, and " I " in the southwest 
section. Beginning at the center of the building in each section, each column is lettered 
'^rom"A"down the alphabet, toward the outside of the building. Beginning with the 
jutside, and going toward the center of the building, the columns are numbered from " 1 " 
ip. The columns in each section are lettered and numbered separately; that is, for 
example, in each section column "1-A" can be found. The location of an exhibit is 
indicated by two letters and a figure. For instance, an exhibit located in "H-G-5," means 
that it is in section " H" where the lines of the columns "G" and "5" cross. By con- 
sulting the ground plan in the front of the catalogue the sections can be readily located, 
and the columns are plainly lettered and numbered. All the agricultural machinery is in 
Sec. "D." All exhibits of butter and cheese are in the Dairy Building, the butter on the 
first floor, and the cheese on the second floor. Exhibits of honey are on the gallery floor, 
in the east end of Agricultural Building. The ground plan shows the location by name 
of each of the States and foreign countries. Visitors can take the elevated railroad and 
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Immediately south of the entrance to Jackson Park from Midway Plaisance, and 
facing east on the lagoon, is the Hofticulture Building. In front is a flower terrace for out- 
side exhibits, including tanks for Nymphjea and the Victoria Regia. The front of the 
terrace, with its low parapet between large vases, borders the water, and at its center forms 
a boat landing. The building is 1,000 feet long, with an extreme width of 250 feet. The 
plan is a central pavilion with two end pavilions, each connected with the central one by 
front and rear curtains, forming two interior courts, each 88x270 feet. These courts are 
planted with bearing orange trees, ornamental shrubs and flowers, and include basins for 
aqyatic plants and a German wine cellar. The center of the pavilion is roofed by a crystal 
dome 187 feet in diameter and 113 feet high, under which are exhibited the tallest palms, 
bamb(?os and tree ferns that can be procured. There are galleries in each of the pavilions. 
The galleries of the end pavilions are designed in part for cafes, the situation and the sur- 
roundings being particularly adapted to recreation and refreshment, the balance for the 
overflow of exhibits from the lower floors. These cafes are surrounded by an arcade on 
three sides, from which charming views of the grounds can be obtained. In this building 
are exhibited all the varieties of flowers, plants, vines, seeds, horticultural implements, 
wines, etc. Those exhibits requiring sunshine and light are shown in the front curtains, 
where the roof is entirely of glass. The rear curtains are designed for fruits and other 
exhibits that require only the ordinary amount of light. Provision is made to heat such 
parts as require it, and during the severest weather of the past winter the palms and tree- 
ferns under the great dome pushed out their broad leaves and fronds, and the century 
plants shot up their giant flower stalks in the temperature of the tropics. The exterior of 
the building is in "staff," tinted in cream. The cost of this building was about $300,000. 
W. L. B. Jenny, of Chicago, is the architect. 

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proper is laid off into sections extending from east to west, and indicated by a number 
plainly marked at regular intervals on the walls. The floor spaces are crossed from 
north to south, and lettered from A to Z in regular order, each space being in the form of 
a square. The numbers on the second or gallery floor are the same as on the first floor. 
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HE Live Stock Pavilion in which all animals are shown for award is located at the 
( jj| rear of the Colonnade which connects Machinery Hall with the Agricultural 
Building and is reached by four grand entrances, one in the center of the Colonnade and 
one at either end. In addition to these there are a large number of entrances, making it 
easy of access from all sides. The extreme measurements of the building are 300x440 feet, 
covering an area of three acres. The general arrangement of the structure is the same 
as the Colosseum at Rome, the structure of the former being Romanesque and the latter 
purely classic, of the Doric order. There is very little ornament on this building save the 
balustrade which tops the cornice. The seating capacity is 10,000. 

Under the Amphitheatre are the offices of the Chief of the Department and Superin- 
tendents of Divisions, with the entire office force of the Department except the Veterinary 
Surgeon, whose office is in Dairy Barn No. 6. 

The Pavilion is elliptical in outline and covers an area of 280x450 feet. The total 
area of the arena embraces about 60,000 square feet and is paved with white cedar blocks 
covered with tanbark, affording good footing for the animals. 

The Live Stock Barns are located south of the Pavilion, covering, with the intervening 
driveways, twenty-seven acres of ground. Accommodations are provided for some 3,000 
animals in stalls, averaging from four feet six inches to 10 feet in width. They are pro- 
vided with water, scales for weighing animals, etc. The sleeping accommodations for men 
in charge of stock are on the gallery floor of the barns above the stalls. Every precaution 
has been taken to insure proper ventilation and safety of the animals on 'exhibition. 

The cost of the Pavilion, barns and roadways is $220,000. 

The sum of $150,000 cash premiums has been appropriated by the Exposition Directory 
for awards. This has been largely supplemented by special offerings of the several States 
and of the Live Stock Associations. In addition, valuable aid has been accorded by a 
number of State Commissions, who pay the shipping charges, feed, etc., on stock from 
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The Fisheries Building embraces a large central structure with two smaller polygonal 
buildings connected with it on either end by arcades. The extreme length of the building 
is 1,100 feet. It is located to the northward of the United States Government Building. 
In the central portion is the general fisheries exhibit. In one of the polygonal buildings 
is the angling exhibit and in the othet the aquaria. The exterior of the building is Span- 
ish-Romanesque. The exterior of the building can not fail to be exceedingly interesting, 
for the architect, Henry Ives Cobb, has arranged innumerable forms of capitals, modillions, 
brackets, cornices and other ornamental details, using only fish and other sea forms for his 
motif of design. The roof of the building is of old Spanish tile, and the side walls of 
pleasing color. The cost is about $200,000. In the center of the eastern polygonal build- 
ing is a rotunda 60 feet in diameter, in the middle of which is a basin or pool 26 feet wide, 
from which rises a towering mass of rocks, covered with moss and lichens. From clefts 
and crevices in the rocks crystal streams of water gush and drop to the masses of reeds, 
rushes and ornamental semi-aquatic plants in the basin below. In this pool gorgeous 
fishes disport. From the rotunda one side of the larger series of aquaria may be viewed; 
these are ten in number,' and, have a capacity of 7,000 to 27,000 gallons of water each. 
Passing out of the rotunda a great corridor or arcade is reached, where on one hand can 
be viewed the opposite side of the series of great tanks, and on the other a line of tanks 
somewhat smaller, ranging from 750 to 1,500 gallons each in capacity. The glass fronts of 
the aquaria are in length about 575 feet, and have 3,000 square feet of surface. The total 
water capacity of the aquaria, exclusive of reservoirs, is 140,000 gallons. Of this amount 
about 40,000 gallons are devoted to the marine exhibit. The supply of sea water was 
transported in iron oil tank cars from the Atlantic coast. In the main building is 
the general fisheries exhibit, consisting of boats, seines, etc., and all manner of preserved 
fish and fish products, and in the western pavilion is the angling exhibit. In the lagoon 
adjoining are shown many out-of-door exhibits connected with the fisheries, which could 
not well be shown in the building. 

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The design of the Fish and Fisheries Building differs widely from that of nearly all 
the other department buildings, the main building being rectangular in form and orna- 
mented with two wings known as polygonal buildings. The ground floor of the central 
building is laid off into spaces for exhibits, indicated by numbers and the cross sections 
lettered, which by tracing the lines from the letter to the number, as for instance, A-4 (as 
also shown in the catalogue) will be easily found. By referring to the name of the exhib- 
itor, or the name of the country or State as shown in the catalogue, and then looking on 
the diagram indicates the space occupied by the exhibit. 




ANGLING PAVILION 



Copyrighted 1893, 

BY THE 

WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION 

For the Exclusive Use of 

W. B. CONKEY COMPANY, 

Chicago. 



FISH AND FISHERIES BUILDING, 

WORLD'S Columbian Exposition. 



MINES AND MINING BUILDING. 



Mines and Mining Building is located at the southern extremity of the western 
lagoon or lake, and between the Electricity and Transportation buildings. This building is 
700 feet long by 350 feet wide. Its architecture has its inspiration in early Italian renais- 
sance. On each of the four sides of the building are placed the entrances, those of the 
north and south fronts being the most spacious and prominent. To the right and left of 
each entrance, inside, start broad flights of easy stairs leading to the galleries. The gal- 
leries are 60 feet wide and 25 feet high from the ground floor, arid are lighted on the sides by 
large windows and from above by a high clearstory extending around the building. 

The interior space enclosed is 630 feet long, 100 feet high in the center and 47 feet high 
at the sides. This space is spanned by steel cantilever trusses, supported on steel col- 
umns. The clear space in the center is 115 feet. The cantilever system, as applied to 
roofs, was never used on so large a scale before. 

The main fronts look southward on the great central court, and northward on the 
western and middle lakes and an island gorgeous with flowers. These principal fronts dis- 
play enormous arched entrances, richly embellished with sculptural decorations emblem- 
atic of mining and its allied industries. At each of these fronts are large square pavilions, 
surmounted by low domes, which mark the four corners of the building, and are lighted by 
arched windows extending through the galleries. 

Between the main entrance and the pavilions are richly decorated arcades, form- 
ing an open loggia on the ground floor, and a deeply recessed promenade on the gallery 
floor level, which commands a fine view of the lakes and islands to the northward and the 
great central court on the south. These covered promenades are each 25 feet wide and 
230 feet long, and from them is had access to the building at numerous points. These 
loggias on the first floor are faced with marbles of different kinds and hues, which will be 
considered part of the mining exhibit, and so utilized as to have marketable value at the 
close of the Exposition. The loggia ceilings are heavily coffered and richly decorated in 
plaster and color. The ornamentation is massed at the prominent points of the facade. 
The exterior presents a massive, though graceful, appearance. The architect is S. S. Bee- 
man, of Chicago. . 

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For the purpose of indicating the location of exhibits in the mines building the col- 
umns extending north and south are numbered from 1 to 84, and those extending east and 
west are lettered from "A" to "U." By this system, each exhibit on the ir.ain floor or the 
gallery has a position of longitude and latitude. For example, the exhibit of Great Britain 
■ is located on the main floor at "G-16," or at that point where a line drawn from column 
" G " would intersect with a line drawn from column " 16." 

The columns are plainly lettered and numbered. The location of each exhibit is indi- 
cated by a letter and a number, and exhibits in the gallery are indicated by the letter "g" 
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The Palace of Mechanic Arts measures, with 500 feet extension, 1,350x500 feet, and with 
the Machinery Annex and Power House cost about $1,200,000. It is located at the extreme 
south end of the park, midway between the shores of Lake Michigan and the west line of the 
park. It is just south of the Administration Building, and west and across a lagoon from the 
Agriculture Building. The building is spanned by three arched trusses, and the interior pre- 
sents the appearance of three railroad train-houses side by side, surrounded on all the four 
sides by a gallery 50 feet wide. In each of the long naves there is an elevated traveling crane 
running from end to end of the building for the purpose of moving machinery. These plat- 
forms are built so that visitors may view from them the exhibits beneath. The power from 
this building is supplied from a power house adjoining the south side of the building.. 
This is the largest power plant in the world, consisting of boilers of the largest size,, 
capable of producing 24,000 horse-power. This power is, for the most part, converted by 
immense dynamos into electric energy, which is distributed by a system of underground 
galleries and conduits to the large buildings, the electric lights and the electric fountains.. 
Two of these dynamos, of a capacity of 10,000 lights each, are run by the great Allis en- 
gine, which is twice as large as the world's wonder of Philadelphia. Of the 24,000 horse- 
power developed, 17,000 horse-power is devoted to electricity. The boilers are supplied 
with oil for fuel instead of coal, which is piped direct from the Indiana oil fields to the 
receiving tanks at Jackson Park. 

KEY TO INSTALLATION. 

The exhibits in the Department of Machinery are installed in Machinery Hall proper, 
in the Power Station, Pump House, Machine Shop, Saw Mill Building, Boiler House 
Extension, Oil Pump House, and in an out-of-door space near the main building. In the 
location of exhibits in the catalogue entries, the following abbreviations are used: "PP." 
—Power Plant: "PS." — Power Station; "PH." — Pump House; "MS." — Machine Shop; 
"ODS."— Out Door Space; "LS."— Line Shaft; "SMB."— Saw Mill; "BH."— Boiler House; 
"BHE."— Boiler House Extension; "OPH."— Oil Pump House; "FEH."— Fire Engine 
Houses; "PH of E. Ry."— Power House of Elevated Railway; "MP."— Midway Plaisance; 
"B. S. Ry."— Barre Sliding Railway ; "W. D. R. R."— Western Dummy Railroad; "SCW."— 
Sewage Cleansing Works. 

The power plant, adjoining the main building, is divided into sections lettered from "A" 
to "O." The boiler house, on the south, has six numbered divisions, and the divisions of 
the boiler house extension are numbered from "A" to "E." The east end of the main building is 
occupied by foreign countries, their various locations being indicated on the floor plan in 
this catalogue. The main building is divided into numbered sections, as indicated in the 
p !an. The columns are lettered from south to north, from "A" to "T," and from east to west 
they are numbered from 1 to 53. Hence, each column bears both a letter and a number. An 
exhibit located in the catalogue at "28-N-46" is in section 28, near the post or column let- 
tered "N" on the north and south line, and 46 on the east and west line. 



TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. 



The main building measures 960 feet front by 256 deep. From this extends west- 
ward to Stony Island avenue an annex covering about nine acres. The total floor space 
devoted to this department, including galleries, annexes, special buildings, etc., is nearly 
twenty acres. This annex is one story in height. The building is simple, but peculiar in 
its architecture, and the exterior is decorated in an elaborate manner in polychrome. In 
general style it savors of the Romanesque. The main entrance to the building consists 
■of an immense single arch, enriched to an extraordinary degree with carvings and bas- 
reliefs. The interior of the building is treated after the manner of a Roman basilica, with 
broad nave and aisles. The cupola placed exactly in the center of the building rises 165 
feet above the ground and is reached by eight elevators. The building cost about $500,000. 
Architects, Adler & Sullivan, of Chicago. 

There are three general divisions of exhibits in this department: The railway, marine 
and the vehicle divisions. For the most part the railway exhibits will be found in the large 
annex which was built especially for heavy exhibits of this character. The vehicle exhibits 
occupy the northern end of the mxain building and the annex; the marine exhibits, a portion 
of the southern-central part of the main building and the southern portion of the east gal- 
lery; the bicycle and saddlery exhibits, the northern gallery. The exhibits of each foreign 
country are, however, grouped in one location, thus interfering materially with the general 
plan of distribution. 

On entering the building at the golden door, the visitor finds first at his right the 
exhibit of Great Britain. The English railway exhibit is located in the annex in Sections 
U and V. North of the British exhibit will be found those of Canada, Brazil, Mexico and a 
portion of that of Spain. Then come some important American railway exhibits and the 
American vehicle section. 

Returning again to the golden door, the visitor turning to the left will observe the 
French section, including a large display of fine vehicles and railway machinery. 

Immediately to the south of the French space will be found the exhibits of Russia, 
Austria, Turkey, Spain and Japan. Following these, to the south, is the principal portion 
of the American marine exhibit. The entire south end of the main building and the 
annex is devoted to the great exhibit of the German empire. 

The main portion of the annex, from the English exhibit in Section U to the Germa.n 
exhibit in Section G, is occupied by a vast collection of American cars, locomotives and 
railway appliances of every possible description, and a considerable portion of the main 
building is also devoted to railways. 

Beginning at the north and occupying very nearly the center of the annex is the 
exhibit prepared by the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co., known as "The Railways of the 
World." To the south of this is an exhibit of two trains of Pullman palace cars. Follow- 
ing this exhibit are passenger cars, various forms of freight, street and tram cars and an 
exceedingly large variety of locomotives representing every locomotive building .establish- 
ment in the United States but two. 

The gallery, or entresol floor of the main building, is large and excellently lighted. It 
is accessible by six staircases and six elevators scattered at intervals under the gallery. 
The southern end of the gallery is occupied by a comprehensive exhibit by the associated 
engineering societies of Germany. The southern portion of the east gallery is devoted to 
marine, and the northern to bicycles. The north end of gallery is devoted to saddlery. The 
northwestern gallery belongs to the British section and contains bicycles and interesting 
loan exhibits. The southwestern gallery includes the marine and engineering divisions of 
the French section, the Netherlands and the Cape of Good Hope. 

The large exhibits of the New York Central Railroad and the Wagner Palace Car Co. 
are south of the Annex, and the extensive exhibit of the Pennsylvania Railroad is still 
further south across the street leading to the 64t*i street entrance. Both of these com- 
panies have beautiful and expensive buildings, besides their out-of-doors exhibit. 

At the north end of the Horticultural Building is the exhibit of the White Star Line. 
The exhibit of Krupp, Essen, Germany, consisting of railway and naval material and heavy 
ordnance, is located in a special building on the lake shore at the southwestern portion of 
the grounds, between the Convent of La Rabida and the Leather and Shoe Trades Building. 



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Dimensions, 1,687 by 787 feet. Height of walls, 66 feet. Height of four center pavil- 
ions, 122 feet. Height of four corner pavilions, 97 feet. Height of roof over central hall, 
237.6 feet. Height of roof-truss over central hall, 212.9 feet. Height clear, from the floor, 
202.9 feet. Span of truss, 382 feet. Span in the clear, 354 feet. Width of truss at base, 14 
feet; at hip, 32 feet; at apex, 10 feet. Weight of truss, 300,000 pounds; with purlines, 400,- 
000 pounds. Ground area of building, 30.47 acres. Floor area, including galleries, 
44 acres. Cost, $1,700,000. Material— 17,000,000 feet of lumber; 12,000,000 pounds of steel 
in trusses of central hall; 2,000,000 pounds of iron in roof of nave. Architect, Geo. B. 
Post, of New York. 

The building is rectangular in form, and the interior is divided into a great centra 
hall, 380 by 1,280 feet, which is surrounded by a nave 107 feet wide. Both hall and nave 
have a 50-foot gallery extending entirely around them. 

It is in the Corinthian style of architecture and in point of being severely classic ex- 
cels most of the other large edifices. The long array of columns and arches which its 
facades present is relieved from monotony by the grand entrances, which are designed in 
the manner of triumphal arches, the central archway of each being 40 feet wide and 80 
feet high. Surmounting these portals is the great attic story, ornamented with sculptured 
eagles 18 feet high, and on each side above the arches are great panels with inscriptions. 
The spandrels are filled with sculptured figures in bas-relief. At each corner of the 
main building are pavilions designed in harmony with the great portals. 

The domes on either side of the main archways, eight in number, are magnificently 
decorated by leading American artists,- the subjects being allegorical figures representing 
the arts and sciences. Extending all around the building is a spacious colonnade nearly a 
mile long, which looks out upon the lake or lagoon and forms a cool retreat for the tired 
sight-seers. The exterior of the building is covered with staff, which is treated to repre- 
sent marble, and the columns and window arches are apparently of this material. 

This building is the largest in the world, and is the largest under roof ever erected. 
Its unequaled size makes it one of the architectual wonders of the world. The central hall 
which is a single room without a supporting pillar under its roof, has in its floor a fraction 
less than eleven acres, and 75,000 persons can sit in this room, giving each one six square 
feet of space. By the same arrangement, the entire building will seat 800,000 people. It 
is theoretically possible to mobilize the standing army of Russia under its roof. The Audi- 
torium is the most notable building in Chicago, but twenty such buildings could be placed 
on this floor. There are 11 acres of skylights and 40 carloads of glass in the roof. There 
are 22 main trusses in the roof of the central hall, and it required 600 flat cars to bring 
them from the iron works to Chicago. These trusses are twice the size of the next largest 
in existence, which are 90 feet high and span 250 feet. The latter are in the Pennsylvania 
railroad depot at Jersey City. 

KEY TO INSTALLATION. 

The7Department of Manufactures occupies all of the ground floor of the building, ex- 
cept Section I, in the southeast corner, which is occupied by the Department of LiberalArts. 
The Manufactures department also occupies gallery. Sections F and G. The main 
floor is divided into sixteen sections, lettered from A to Q, and each section is divided into 
four blocks, numbered from 1 to 4, except Sections A. I, H and Q, which have three 
blocks. By consulting the ground plan in this catalogue these floor divisions can be 
located. The exhibits in manufactures are installed by classified groups, collectively, and 
the location of each group is indicated under the group head in the catalogue. For 
example, all the exhibits of jewelry, embraced in Group 98, are installed in Section N, Block 
1. All silk goods, classified as Group 100, are in Section O, Block 1. The location of the 
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Main Hall 60 metres long, 25 m wide, 13 m high. 
(196,85') (82') (42,65') 

Entrance Hall 42 m long, 7,5 m wide, 9 m high. 
(137,8') (24,6') (29,5') 

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^-t- Shoe Trades Building and the Convent of La Rabida, with public 
entrances at the north and south ends, and is open to visitors, free of charge. 
The pavilion is 85 feet by 300, with wings on each side running the length 
of the building and 25 feet wide. The east wing is given up to the various 
kinds of steel exhibits and the west wing to offices. The main building is 
devoted to guns, big and little, slow firing and quick, for marine and land 
batteries. 

The pavilion was designed by HEINRICH THEODOR SCHMIDT, 
of Frankfort on the Main, Architect; the iron construction was executed 
by the GUTEHOFFNUNGSHUTTE of Oberhausen (Rhine Province). 
The sculptures and stucco work were designed and executed by J. MULLER 
of Aix-Ia-Chapelle, Sculptor. The wrought iron stand in the entrance hall 
was designed by FR. HALMHUBER of DUSSELDORF, Architect. 



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LEATHER AND SHOE TRADES 
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It became evident to a number of prominent men identified with the Leather and 
Shoe Trades industries of the United States, that a Leather Exhibit Building, in which to 
display their manufactures at the World's Columbian Exposition, was a necessity; more 
particularly when it became known that such excessive demands had been made for ex- 
hibition space upon the Departments of Manufactures and Liberal Arts. Seeing- the 
necessity of securing much more space than could possibly be allotted to them in the 
Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, an organization called the Leather and 
Shoe Trades Association was formed to raise a fund to carry out a plan to 
exhibit the products of the leather and accessory trades in their own building. Through 
this Association, consisting of over two hundred names, a fund to the amount of 8110,000 
was raised. The Executive Committee of this Association, the men to whom the chief credit 
of the building is due, is as follows: H. J. Macfarland, chairman, Chicago; J. W. Oakley, 
Chicago; J. E. ]Mooney, Cincinnati; E. S. Converse, Boston; J. W. Brooks, Boston; J. R, 
Leeson, Boston; W. B. Rice, Boston; A. G. Webster, secretary, Boston. 

This building (575 feet long by 150 feet wide) was commenced December 5, 1892, 
and completed and ready for the reception of exhibits on April 1, 1893. It contains all 
the domestic exhibits of leather, boots and shoes, rubber boots and shoe and of the allied 
trades, also the exhibit of leather in all forms, from all the foreign countries at the World's 
Columbian Exposition. 

Fine exhibits have been prepared by the following countries; France, Germany, 
Russia, Uruguay, Japan, Mexico, Brazil. 

There are also shown here leather curio from the different countries of the earth; 
such as native foot gear, clothing, harness, saddles and such articles from museums and 
private collections as have been made famous by age or association. 

Also it is expected that the manufacturing exhibit, located on the second or gallery 
floor of this building, will manufacture fully one thousand pairs of shoes daily, when in 
full operation. The entire second floor will be devoted to machinery, which will include 
the manufacturing exhibit and shoe and leather working machinery, as well as "Dead Ex- 
hibits" made by the representative manufacturers of shoe machinery throughout the 
United States. 

KEY TO INSTALLATION. 

For the purpose of the installation of exhibits the Leather and Shoes Trades Building 
is divided into sections, lettered from A to F on the first floor, and from A to K on the 
second floor. Each section is numbered from 1 up, according to the number of the exhibit 
spaces, each exhibit space being given one number. The foreign countries occupy the 
central portion of the building, and their location is fully shown on accompanying dia- 
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The Electricity Building carries out the Spanish renaissance idea, modified by a Corin- 
thian treatment. It is 345 feet wide and 700 feet long. The general scheme of the plan is 
based upon a longitudinal nave 115 feet wide and 114 feet high, crossed in the middle 
by a transept of the same width and height. 

The exterior walls are composed of a continuous Corinthian order of pilasters, 3 feet 
6 inches wide and 42 feet high, supporting a full entablature and resting upon a stylobate 
8 feet 6 inches. The total height of the walls from the grade outside is 68 feet 6 inches. 
At each of the four corners of the building is a pavilion, above which rises an open tower 
150 feet high. 

The building has an open portico along the whole of the south facade, the lower or 
Ionic order forming an open screen in front of it. The various subordinate pavilions are 
treated with windows and balconies. The details of the exterior orders are richly deco- 
rated, and the pediments, friezes, panels and spandrels have received a decoration of figures 
in relief, with architectural motifs, the general tendency of which is to illustrate the pur- 
poses of the building. In the hemicycle on the south front stands the fine statue of Frank- 
lin, by Rohl-Smith. 

The appearance of the exterior is that of marble, but the walls of the hemicycle and 
of the various porticoes and loggias are highly enriched with color, the pilasters in these 
places being decorated with scagliola, and the capitals with metallic effects in bronze. The 
building with its large window spaces and high central and corner towers is especially 
designed for electrical illumination by night, and considered as part of this display are 
the beautiful electric fountains which show their magic splendors at the head of the basin 
to the south of the building. The architects of the Electricity Building are Van Brunt & 
Howe, of Kansas City. 

KEY TO INSTALLATION. 

For the purpose of the installation of exhibits, the Electricity Building is divided into 
sections, lettered from "A" to "Z." On the main floor the sections are lettered from "A" 
to "Q," and on the gallery floor from "R" to "Z." The sections are divided into exhibit spaces, 
which are numbered, and in some instances are subdivided when the exhibit space is desig- 
nated by the addition of a letter, as for example, U-13-b. By consulting the floor plan in 
this catalogue the sections can be easily located. The location of exhibits are indicated in 
the catalogue by a letter and a number. For example, "V-5" means that the exhibit is in 
Section "V," which is in the gallery, and exhibit space 5. 



ART PALACE. 



Grecian-Ionic in style, the Fine Arts Building is a pure type of the most refined 
classic architecture. The structure comprises three large pavilions known as the Central, 
East and West Pavilions. Its total length, east and west, is 1,120 feet, and its extreme 
width, north and south, 500 feet. The Central Pavilion, an oblong building measuring 
600x320 feet, is intersected by a great nave and a transept, each 100 feet wide and 70 feet 
high. At their intersection is a dome 60 feet in diameter and 125 feet high, surmounted by 
a colossal statue of the type of the famous figure of Winged Victory. The transept has a 
clear space through the center of 60 feet, being lighted entirely from above. On either 
side are galleries 20 feet wide and 24 feet above the floor. The collections of sculptures 
and architectural casts are displayed oh the main floor of the nave and transept, and here 
also, on the walls, are shown drawings and sculptured panels in relief. The sections 
bounded by the nave and the transept are filled with picture galleries, ranging from 30x30 
feet to 36x120 feet in area. The Central Pavilion is entered by four great portals, richly 
ornamented with architectural sculpture and approached by broad flights of steps. The 
East and West Pavilions have entrances from the Central Pavilion and on their north and 
south fronts. The walls of the loggia of the colonnades are highly decorated with sculptural 
fragments from the antique. All light is supplied through glass skylights in iron frames. 

The building is located in the northern portion of the park, with the south front facing 
the lagoon, from which it is separated by terraces ornamented with balustrades. A flight 
of steps leads down from the main portal to the lagoon, where there is a landing for boats. 
The immediate neighborhood of the building is ornamented with groups of statues, replicas 
of classic art, such as the Choragic monument, etc. Architect, C. B. Atwood, of Chicago 
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Dimensions, 1,687 by 787 feet. Height of walls, 66 feet. Height of four center pavil- 
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237.6 feet. Height of roof-truss over central hall, 212.9 feet. Height clear, from the floor, 
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44 acres. Cost, §1,700,000. Material— 17,000,000 feet of lumber; 12,000,000 pounds of steel 
in trusses of central hall; 2,000,000 pounds of iron in roof of nave. Architect, Geo. B. Post, 
of New York. 

The building is rectangular in form, and the interior is divided into a great central 
hall, 380 by 1,280 feet, which is surrounded by a nave 107 feet wide. Both hall and nave 
have a 50-foot gallery extending entirely around them. 

It is in the Corinthian style of architecture, and in point of being severely classic excels 
most of the other large edifices. The long array of columns and arches which its facades 
present is relieved from monotony by the grand entrances, which are designed in the 
manner of triumphal arches, the central archway of each being 40 feet wide and 80 feet 
high. Surmounting these portals is the great attic story, ornamented with sculptured 
eagles 18 feet high, and on each side above the arches are great panels with inscriptions. 
The spandrels are filled with sculptured figures in bas-relief. At each corner of the main 
building are pavilions designed in harmony with the great portals. 

The domes on either side of the main archways, eight in number, are magnificently 
decorated by leading American artists, the subjects being allegorical figures representing 
the arts and sciences. Extending all around the building is a spacious colonnade nearly a 
mile long, which looks out upon the lake or lagoon, and forms a cool retreat for the tired 
sight-seers. The exterior of the building is covered with staff, which is treated to repre- 
sent marble, and the columns and window arches are apparently of this material. 

This building is the largest in the world, and is the largest under roof ever erected, 
Its unequaled size makes it one of the architectural wonders of the world. The central hall, 
which is a single room without a supporting pillar under its roof, has in its floor a fraction 
less than eleven acres, and 75,0"0 persons can sit in this room, giving each one six square 
feet of space. By the same arrangement, the entire building will seat 300,000 people. It 
is theoretically possible to mobilize the standing army of Russia under its roof. The Audi- 
torium is the most notable building in Chicago, but twenty such buildings could be placed 
on this floor. There are 11 acres of skylights and 40 carloads of glass in the roof. There 
are 22 main trusses in the roof of the central hall, and it required 600 flat car.'; to bring 
them from the iron works to Chicago. These trusses are twice the size of the next largest 
in existence, which are 90 feet high and span 250 feet. The latter are in the Pennsylvania 
railroad station at Jersey City. 

KEY TO INSTALLATION. 

The exhibits in the Liberal Arts department occupy all of the gallery space, except 
Sections F and G, which are devoted to exhibits in the department of Manufactures. 
The Liberal Arts department also occupies Section I, in the southeast corner, on the 
main floor, where all musical instruments are installed. The sections in the gallery are 
lettered from A to K, for the purpose of locating exhibits. The gallery columns are num- 
bered from south to north, or lengthwise with the building, from 1 to 108, and the cross col- 
umns from east to west are lettered from A to Z, west to east. The letter and number fol- 
lowing an exhibit in the catalogue indicate the intersecting point of the column lines 
nearest the exhibit. The location sign "Gal. A, F-19" means that the exhibit is in 
Section A at the point where Column F and Column 19 meet. 

The location of foreign exhibits is indicated under their entry in the catalogue. 

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The Forestry Building is in appearance the most unique of all the Exposition struct- 
ures. Its dimensions are 200x500 feet. To a remarkable degree its architecture is of the 
rustic order. On all four sides of the building is a veranda, supp^orting the roof of which 
is a colonnade consisting of a series of columns composed of three tree-trunks, each 25 
feet in length, some of them from 16 to 20 inches in diameter and the others smaller. 
All of these trunks are left in their natural state, with bark undisturbed. They are con- 
tributed by the different States and Territories of the Union and by foreign countries, each 
furnishing specimens of its most characteristic trees. The sides of the building are con- 
structed of slabs with the bark removed. The main entrances are elaborately finished in 
different kinds of wood, the material and workmanship being contributed by several 
prominent lumber associations. The roof is thatched with tan and other barks. The 
visitor can make no mistake as to the kinds of tree-trunks which form the colonnade, for 
he wil^^ee^pon each a tablet upon which is inscribed the common and scientific name, 
the State or country from which the trunk was contributed. The plan of installation in the 
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Dimensions, 199 by 388 feet. Floor area, 3.3 acres. Cost $138,000. Architect, Miss 
Sophia B.^Hayden, of Boston. 

The building is two stories high, with an elevation of 60 feet. The rotunda is 70 by 65 
feet, reaching through the height of the building, and covered with a skylight. On the 
roof of the pavilions are open areas which will be covered with oriental awning. One will 
serve as a cafe, and the other as a tea garden. 

DIVISIONS OF THE BUILDING. 

The Rotunda occupies the center of the lower floor, and on its walls are hung a large 
portion of the paintings exhibited by this and other countries, the balance being distributed 
through the various smaller rooms and exhibition spaces. The floor is occupied by about 
forty cases, in which are displayed choice examples of the work of women, each case being 
numbered and designated in the catalogue as Rot., case — . Most of the statuary will be 
found here. Connected with the rotunda are the north and south wings, the whole of the 
latter and a portion of the former being devoted to exhibits from foreign governments. 
The eastern portion of the north wing is occupied by the United States. The posts in these 
wings are lettered from north to south from A to F, and numbered from west to east from 
1 to 10. Thus the posts in the northwest corner of each wing are marked A-1, and those 
in the southeast corner, F-10, and these letters and numbers are used in the catalogue to 
designate the location of spaces devoted to the various foreign governments and to individ- 
ual exhibits in the United States section, as far as possible. West of the rotunda and 
north of the western vestibule are two salesrooms, the goods displayed there not being 
catalogued. South of this vestibule are the Bureau of Information and the Scientific rooms. 

East of the Rotunda are the Process and Educational rooms, north of the eastern 
vestibule, and the Ethnological and Invention rooms south of it. All of these, as well as 
that devoted to Science, on the opposite side, are filled with exhibits, the general character 
of which is indicated by their titles. 

IN THE GALLERY. 

The southeast corner is occupied by the Board room and the offices of the Board of 
Lady Managers. The former is open to the public when the board is not in session and 
contains many works of art. The remainder of the south gallery is devoted to the Organ- 
ization room, in which over fifty philanthropic and religious societies, clubs and educational 
establishments have been given space for the reception of their friends and the display of 
banners, statistics, etc. Passing north from the southwest corner of the gallery will be 
found the Exhibit room, devoted to a part of the overflow from the United States section, 
the British Nursing Exhibit room, Record room. New York Library room, another Record 
room, the Connecticut room (devoted to the use of the Foreign Commissioners) and the 
Committee room. The Record rooms are filled with interesting statistics of woman's 
progress throughout the world. The library contains most of the books and pamphlets on 
exhibition in the building, its title only indicating that its decoration and the care of its 
books are a contribution from the state of New York. In the northwest corner of the 
gallery is the Model Kitchen, where daily lectures on the art of cooking are given. The 
balance of the north gallery is occupied by the Assembly room, where lectures, concerts, 
etc. are held from time to time. In the east gallery, from north to south will be found the 



Dressing room, State Commissioners' room (decorated by Japan), California, Cincinnati and 
Kentucky rooms, the Superintendent's room, and another Dressing room. The furniture 
and decorations of the State rooms are contributions from the women of such states. With 
very few exceptions, all entertainments given in the building are open to the public, and 
no fee is charged under any circumstances. 

The Woman's Building was designed by a woman, and its decorations and all 
exhibits displayed within its walls are the work of women. 

HOW TO CONSULT THE CATALOGUE. 

The list of exhibits from the United States, in all departments, occupies the first 
portion of the catalogue. This is followed by several special exhibits, and after them all 
foreign countries represented, the latter being arranged in alphabetical order. The list 
of each country or special exhibit is numbered consecutively throughout all departments. 
As far as practicable there will be attached to each exhibit in the building a card bearing 
the name of the country or special organization contributing it, and the words "Official 
Catalogue No." followed by a number corresponding to a similar one, under the same 
heading, in the catalogue. For example, if a card reads: 

Woman's Building 
Great Britain 
Official Catalogue No. 40 
By turning to that number in the catalogue, under the heading of Great Britain, it will be 
found that the exhibit is a sketch, made by the Queen of England, of a pug dog. On the 
other hand, should the visitor's attention be directed to this entry in the catalogue and 
wish to find the exhibit, he will notice that while most of the articles from Great Britain are 
in the north wing, between A-1 and F-1, this special exhibit is located in the northeast 
gallery. 

To find the exhibit of any particular person without consulting the general index, 
which of course is the simplest method, one must know the character of the article exhib- 
ited, and then run through the group headings in the classification in the front of the cat- 
alogue until the group in which such an exhibit should be classed is found, when, by re- 
ferring to that group under the proper country heading, all exhibitors of that article will be 
found alphabetically arranged. The figures at the extreme right of the columns indi- 
cate the class subdivision to which exhibits belong. 

No attention should be paid to any numbers which may be affixed to exhibits except 
those appearing on cards in the form given above. 

The abbreviations used in this catalogue are as follows: 



As. — Assembly. 
C. — Centre. 
Calif. — California. 
Cinn. — Cincinnati. 
Com. — Committee. 
Conn. — Connecticut. 
Edu. — Education. 
Eth. — Ethnological. 



Ex. — Exhibit. Rec. — Record. 

Gal. — Gallery. Rot. — Rotunda, 

Inv. — Invention. Sci. — Scientific. 

Ky. — Kentucky. Vest. — Vestibule. 

Mod. kit.— Model kitchen. N.— North. 
N. Y. Lib.— New York Library. S.— South. 

Org. — Organization. E. — East. 

Pro. — Process. W. — West. 



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THIS structure is 420 feet long by 350 feet in width, its main floor 
covering an area of 157,500 square feet. Its galleries have 
an area of 33,500 square feet additional, making a total of 191,000 
square feet of floor space. Of this area about 175,500 square feet 
are devoted to exhibit purposes and circulation and 16,500 square 
feet to offices and corridors. 

The building was designed by the supervising architect of 
the treasury, and erected under his supervision. It is of "modern 
renaissance" architecture, the main feature being a central dome 
120 feet in diameter, and 275 feet from the ground to the top of 
the flag pole. This dome is constructed of steel, and is supported 
on sixteen columns. The entire cost of the main building was 
1^325,000, or ^2.07 per square foot of its floor area, or three cents 
per foot of its cubic space. 

The limit of cost for the Government Buildings at the 
World's Columbian Exposition was fixed by law at ^400,000. 
From the balance of the appropriation not consumed in the erec- 
tion of the main building four auxiliary structures have been 
erected, specially adapted to the exhibits of the United States 
Naval Observatory, the United States Army Medical Depart- 
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An exhibit of the resources of Alaska is to be found in the 
north gallery, to be reached by the stairs near Post 7-R. 

An exhibit of the supervising architect's office of the Treas- 
ury, and of postage stamps under the Postoffice Department, is 
to be found in the south gallery, and to be reached by the stairs 
at Post 7-B. 

The commercial exhibit made by the Department of State 
is to be found in the east gallery, which may be reached by the 
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